The name Pomerania comes from Slavicpo more, which means Land at the Sea.

Farther Pomerania

Farther Pomerania was made a province of Prussia (Brandenburg-Prussia) after the Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648. During the war, the noble House of Pomerania (Griffins), ruling Pomerania since the 1120s as Dukes of Pomerania, went extinct in the male line with the death of Bogislaw XIV in 1637. Throughout the existence of the Griffin duchy, Brandenburg claimed overlordship and was asserted of Pomerania inheritance in numerous treaties. Yet, Sweden had been one of the most important players in the war and as such, she was awarded some of her territorial gains in Pomerania after the war by the Peace of Westphalia, thwartening Brandenburg-Prussia's ambitions for inheritance of the whole former Duchy of Pomerania.

Pomerania

The name Pomerania comes from Slavicpo more, which means "[land] by the sea". The adjective for the region is Pomeranian (Polish:pomorski, German:pommersch), inhabitants are called Pomeranians (Polish:Pomorzanie, German:Pommern).